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How the Democrats can win next time if the answer isn't "Biden 2028", I'm not interested ft.com/content/5af596…

There is now one administrator for every student at Stanford. Whhhhhhaaaaat?? Startling chart from Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦 and Pieter Garicano's newsletter.

Has Elon Musk now become Too Big To Regulate, at least for the EU? Europe already relies on Musk to fight in Ukraine, launch satellites and decarbonise. Now he is also Trump's right-hand tech bro. Can Europe still take him on? My Charlemagne this week economist.com/europe/2024/11…

« Musk vient de Mars et l’Europe de Vénus. » La formule de The Economist sur l’effet du pouvoir décuplé de Musk sur la compétition avec l’Europe : economist.com/europe/2024/11…

Commission's legal team fighting the Pfizergate text case in the ECJ this morning is trying to argue that they both don't have the SMS messages sent between VDL and Pfizer CEO Bourla... and simultaneously know the contents aren't important

European "strategic autonomy" is fortune cookies in 4 different languages

Going to do another week on BlueSky only. Most of the people I have enjoyed interacting with over the years are now over there. I am on Stanley Pignal.bsky.social

After a month away I've decided not to come back to X. I will keep this account open to ensure it doesn't get cloned. The transformation of this platform into a megaphone for one person (never mind his views, which I do mind) is a step too far. Find me on BSky! Thanks & bye